Piers Morgan: Chelsea have made the single worst decision in the history of sport

SACKED: Morgan has branded Mourinho's dismissal the biggest sporting mistake in history

The Portuguese manager paid the price for Chelsea's disastrous start to the season which has left the defending Premier League champions languishing just one point above the relegation zone.

The Blues have just 15 points from 16 games and are 20 behind surprise leaders Leicester, who consigned them to their ninth defeat on Monday night.

Morgan wrote in the Daily Mail: "As an ardent Arsenal fan I should have been thrilled at the failure of a man who dubbed our own manager Arsene Wenger a ‘specialist in failure’. But I wasn’t.

"Instead, I was flabbergasted.

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“This is the single worst decision in the history of the sport”

Piers Morgan

"This is the single worst decision in the history of the sport.

"Jose Mourinho isn’t just a winner. He’s THE winner of the modern game.

"In just 12 years as a manager he’s won an astonishing 21 trophies."

Mourinho claimed after the 2-1 defeat to Leicester that he felt his players had betrayed him and Morgan believes Mourinho should have had the right to sack his flops.

"Football managers who don’t win enough games for long periods of time deserve the sack," Morgan said.

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"But managers like Mourinho, whose win ratio is so stupendous that it dwarfs almost any of their rivals, have earned the right to more time and to more loyalty from their players."

He added: "Shame on you Chelsea for what you’ve done to Jose Mourinho today.

"And shame on all football fans who see his demise as something to celebrate.

"He will be a massive loss to our League and we will all, whether we admit or not, miss him enormously as a personality.

"As for Chelsea’s players, doubtless many of whom are popping open their Cristal tonight, I have one thought for them: isn’t it time managers were given the right to sack THEM when they persistently fail to play to the standards expected of them?"